The American author received ‘thousands of rejections’ over two decades before finally hitting gold with her first published novel Just as I am about to interview this year’s Women’s prize winner , debut American novelist Virginia Evans, at the party on a drizzly evening in a leafy London square,...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/12/failure-was-my-thing-womens-prize-winner-virginia-evans-on-coping-with-years-of-rejection)

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